Fans at the New York Yankees game Monday night will be 37 years late for an important giveaway: Reggie Bars.

The giveaway didn’t quite perhaps go as the Yankees marketing team had thought it would — shortly after Jackson hit a home run in the first inning, the crowd showered the stadium with the candy — something that according to the New York Times irked Chicago pitcher Wilbur Wood, who gave up the home run.

Most of the sportswriters seemed vaguely embarrassed by the whole spectacle. Most of the players professed to be outraged.

“It was just a shame that something like that has to happen,” Wood fumed. “It’s not called for,” Bob Lemon, the White Sox’ usually imperturbable manager, said, pointing out that someone could have been injured by one of the two-ounce bars.

“Let them throw them when he’s in right field,” Lemon said. “See how he feels.” He then added, ”People starving all over the world and 30 billion calories are laying on the field.”

Despite the outrage, the candy itself was a hit. The candy bars are still available, like most nostalgic things on eBay. In 2013, Deadspin did an important investigation about whether or not you could still eat them, which despite all of the investigation’s authors still being alive, we strongly recommend against.

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